Powder-receptacle.



R. S. WILLIAMS.

POWDER RECEFTACLE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 23. I9I5.

Patented Aug. 29, 1916.

A TTORNE Y.

RICHARD S. WILLIAMS, OF GLASTONBURY, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE J". B.

WILLIAMS NECIICUT.

ooIvIPANY, or GLIISTONBURY, oonnncrronr, n ConPonATIoN or* Colv- POWDER-REQEPTACLE.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, RICHARD S. WILLIAMS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Glastonbury, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and Improved Powder-Receptacle, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates more especially tocans for holding talcum or other toilet powders, and an object of my invention, among others, is to provide a can that shall effectively prevent the leakage of powder therefrom.

One form of can embodying my invention, and in the construction and use of which the objects herein set out, as well as others, may be attained, is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a view in elevation of a can embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a detail view in cross section through the upper edge of the body and flange of the top of a can in common use. Fig. 3 is a view in section through the upper part of a can body embodying my invention on plane denoted by dotted line 3-3 of Fig. 5. Fig. l isa like view on plane denoted by dotted line 4-4 of Fig. 5. Fig. 5 is a view in cross section through my improved can on plane denoted by dotted line 5 5 of Fig. 1.

It will be understood that the thickness of the metal is greatly exaggerated in all of the views.

In the accompanying drawings the numeral 6 indicates a can, preferably oval in form in cross section, and composed of a single piece of metal having a seam 7 eX- tending along one side of the body and constituting the means for uniting the meeting edges of said parts. A bottom 8 completes the can body and its upper end is closed by a cover 9 securely fastened in place. A reduced perforated top 10 having a perforated cap 11 rotatably attached thereto affords means for obtaining the contents of the can. This construction of the can body and cover is of ordinary and well known form and construction.

The top edge of the can as commonly constructed at the present time presents a groove 12 extending lengthwise of the can body underneath the flange of the cover 9, and continuing to the upper edge of the body thus forming a small passage through which the contents of the can escapes in a Specification of Letters Patent. Patat-gutted Aug. 29, 119115. Application filed February 23, 1915.

Serial No. 9,777.

very objectionable manner. By employing .the invention illustrated and described here- 1n a can is provided that is absolutely tight and the leakage of the contents isl prevented between the can body and cover.

In carrying out this invention the groove 12 in the outer surface of the upper edge of the can body and between itv and the flange 13 of the can cover is completely .closed by indenting the metal crosswise of the lap 14 extending lengthwise along the inner surface of the can body and formed in making the seam 7. In the preferred manner of effecting this result a tool is employed upon which force, as a blow or blows, is exerted, producing an indentation 15 eX- tending preferably across the lap 14 and at such part of the lap that this groove or indentation 15 will be located above the lower edge of the flange 13 of the cover. The groove thus formed forces the meeting folded edges of the can body closely into contact with each other for their full thickness and causes the outer surface of the upper edge of the can body to be so formed as to iit closely into Contact with the inner surface of the flange 13 of the cover so that the opening or groove which would otherwise eXist between said flange and the upper part of the can body byireason of the groove 12 is completely closed, as shown in Fig. 5 of the drawings. The method of effecting this result is such that the normal shape of the can body is preserved and the upper edge thereof is not distorted. The indentation may be readily effected by means of a proper tool before the cover 9 is placed in position and when this has been done it will be found that a tight joint has been produced.

While I have illustrated and described herein the preferred manner and a satisfactory method of accomplishing the result aimed at, this may be departed from to a greater or lesser degree and yet be within the spirit and intent of the invention.

I claim- 1. A receptacle including a body having its meeting edges folded together and comprising a joint, a covei1 attached to said body by means of a flange that covers the upper part of said joint, and means by which the outer surface of the can body underneath said ange and at said joint is formed to fit closely into contact with the inner surface of said flange to tightly close said parts against leakage of powder contents from within the can. Q n 2. A receptacle including a body having its meeting edges folded together compris-` ing a joint that includes alap eXtending downward from the'upper edge of the body,

a cover attached'to said body by means of a flange covering the upper part of said joint, and means for forcing the meeting folded Aedges of the .jointtightly together to close any lengthwise groove therein and cause the upper part of said body to fit close against the inner surface of said flange to close said joint against leakage of the powder contents of the can. i

8. A receptacle including a body'having its meeting edges folded together comprising a seam extending from the upper edge 'of saidv body downwardly, acover attached to said body by `means of a flange covering the upper part of said seam, and an indentation Vformed across said seam at that part located within the flange of said cover to tightly close its meeting edges together and form it to lit in close Contact with the inner `surface of said flange to close the seam against leakage of the powder contents of the can.

, t. A receptacle including a body having Copiesrof this patent mayV be obtained for its meeting edges folded together comprising a joint that includes a lap extending from the upper edge downward, a cover attached to said body by means of a flange covering said joint, and an indentation Jformed on the inner surface of said lap and extending across said seam at that part in- `closed bysaid flange to tightly close the border, a cover attached to said body by means of a flange covering said border, and

an indentation formed across said seam within said border to cause the outer surface .of said border to closely t the inner surface of said flange.

RICHARD S. WILLIAMS.

i Witnesseszi' An'rHUR B. JENKINS, E. F. EATON.

ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patenti. Washington, D. C. 

